Chapter XIII. Economic Life of Rome: II. The

Industrial Quarters. The Grain Trade. Ostia. The Trade Guilds

210. Industrial Quarters by the Tiber 238

211. Conditions of Industrial Labor 238

212. Great Trade through Ostia and the Campanian Ports 239

213. The Emporium and Its Wharves: The Tiber Barges 240

214. The Marble and Grain Trades 241

215. The Public Grain Doles 242

216. Distribution of Free Bread: Extraordinary Bonuses (_Congiaria_ and _Donativa_) 244

217. The Trade in Sculptures and Portrait Statues 246

218. The Tiber Trip to Ostia: The Merchant Shipping 247

219. Imperial Naval Vessels 248

220. The Harbor Town of Ostia 249

221. The Roman Guilds (_Collegia_) 249

222. Very Ancient Guilds. The Flute-Blowers 250

223. Importance of the Guilds 251

224. Multitude of Beggars 252